Dee: This is going to be ALL my story. No Thea. So :-P. She'll be mad once she sees it, but she'll get over it. Anyways, this may be sad, it might be happily-ever-after. I don't know. So I'll probably change everything once or twice. Just a little heads-up.

Kagome knew exactly where he was, even though she didn't want to believe it. He'd obviously smelt Kikyo, even before Kagome had sensed her Shikon shard. She had known he'd go to her, but she wouldn't interfere. Inuyasha clearly still loved Kikyo and she wouldn't get in the way of that. She loved him too much to make him choose. Or maybe she was just too selfish to give him the chance to choose Kikyo over her. She knew she should just stay with the others. She should just leave him alone with Kikyo. But something told her that this wouldn't stop and she knew she couldn't live with this much longer.

She decided to go home. For the last time.

Kagome didn't know how she would stop Inuyasha from coming back to get her, but she couldn't come back and have to face this jealousy time and time again. It had almost gotten them all killed by Naraku before, so who was to say it wouldn't happen again? She couldn't let that happen again. And she couldn't deal with the pain of having to share Inuyasha's attention with someone who looked so much like her, yet was so different from her.

She looked around Kaede's hut and saw Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara sleeping soundly. She smiled. Goodbye, you guys. I'll miss you so much. She picked up her backpack silently and crept from the small room.

Outside, Kagome took one last look at the clear sky for her memories. She knew she'd never forget the months she'd been in this time, but she wouldn't let herself come back no matter what. If she couldn't block off the well, she'd find a way to keep Inuyasha in his world. She just couldn't come back.

She sighed quietly, but it echoed through her mind.

Goodbye, Inuyasha. I know I'll miss you the most.

X---X

Inuyasha smelt Kagome nearby. What was she doing out alone? He couldn't smell any of the others. He looked down at Kikyo, who had frozen when his concentration had ventured from her words.

"Inuyasha, what is the matter?" Kikyo asked. "Is it my reincarnation, Kagome?"

"I've got to go," he said quickly before bounding away. I can smell her…by the well? But…is she going to her own world? No, she'd ask me first. I know it.

But he knew she had disappeared into the well when her scent became faint. No! Kagome! What are you doing?! "Kagome!" he shouted. The yell made the trees quake. He didn't know why she would be leaving. They hadn't even fought! Soon, he was at the well. But he couldn't force himself to push over the edge.

He looked into it. Fuck this. I'm going to bring her back.

X---X

Kagome took the last of the small logs behind the well into it. She hoped that would hold, at least until she could more firmly clog it. She wouldn't be able to act on any temptation to go back. And Inuyasha couldn't come through. That was all she wanted.

She stumbled into the house and up to her room. Seconds later her mother softly crept in after her. "Kagome?" she mumbled drowsily. "What are you doing home so late?"

"I'm staying, Mom. I'm not going back. Ever."

Dee: So, how did everyone like it?

Kagome: Oh, that's so SAD! But it's a good idea to block off the well for a little while...Maybe THEN I could get some studying done.

Inuyasha: [[angry growling You wouldn't dare.

Kagome: [[hands on her hips If I want to block the well, I will! You aren't my mother!

Miroku: Now, now, children, let's not fight.

Kagome & Inuyasha: Oh, shut up!

Inuyasha: [[turning back to Kagome Maybe I just won't let you go back to your weird era again! Then we can just get on with looking for the shards!

Kagome: [[furious mark on forehead Oh, yeah?! SIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!

Inuyasha: [[slams to ground, digging his own grave, so to speak

Shippo: He just never learns, does he?

Miroku, Sango, & Dee: [[shaking heads Nope.